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The '''United States Agency for Global Media''' ('''USAGM''') is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for overseeing and funding U.S. government-supported media organizations that provide news, information, and cultural programming to audiences around the world. It was formerly known as the '''Broadcasting Board of Governors''' ('''BBG''') until 2018 when the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 restructured and rebranded it as the USAGM. | The '''United States Agency for Global Media''' ('''USAGM''') is an independent agency of the [[United States of America|United States]] government responsible for overseeing and funding U.S. government-supported media organizations that provide news, information, and cultural programming to audiences around the world.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=U.S. Agency for Global Media|title=Mission|url=https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/mission/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814150158/https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/mission/|archive-date=2025-08-14|retrieved=2025-09-21}}</ref> It was formerly known as the '''Broadcasting Board of Governors''' ('''BBG''') until 2018 when the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 restructured and rebranded it as the USAGM.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=U.S. Agency for Global Media|title=History|url=https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814150225/https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/history/|archive-date=2025-08-14|retrieved=2025-09-21}}</ref> | ||
USAGM oversees several media organizations, including: | USAGM oversees several media organizations,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> including: | ||
* [[Radio Free Europe]] | * [[Radio Free Europe]] | ||
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* [[Office of Cuba Broadcasting]] | * [[Office of Cuba Broadcasting]] | ||
* [[Voice of America]] | * [[Voice of America]] | ||
USAGM also supports the [[Open Technology Fund]], which launched in 2019 and which the USAGM website describes as "an independent grantee tasked with developing and distributing cutting-edge technologies and techniques to counter efforts by repressive regimes and closed societies."<ref name=":1" /> | |||
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[[Category:Imperialist propaganda]] | [[Category:Imperialist propaganda]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:49, 21 September 2025
The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for overseeing and funding U.S. government-supported media organizations that provide news, information, and cultural programming to audiences around the world.[1] It was formerly known as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) until 2018 when the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 restructured and rebranded it as the USAGM.[2]
USAGM oversees several media organizations,[1][2] including:
- Radio Free Europe
- Radio Free Asia
- Middle East Broadcasting Networks
- Office of Cuba Broadcasting
- Voice of America
USAGM also supports the Open Technology Fund, which launched in 2019 and which the USAGM website describes as "an independent grantee tasked with developing and distributing cutting-edge technologies and techniques to counter efforts by repressive regimes and closed societies."[2]